operation   contrasting valkyrie   
      in  the sixties.  the central   
  intelligence  agency "cia" release  
   aerosolized  selatenine  over  a   
   jupiter equinox concert, creating  
  the largest secret  paradigm shift  
  that  the world has ever  seen.   
  
                                          
 the jupiter equinox*  concert is part of 
 a festival in  black tickle arranged  by 
 a  group called epicenter of love. there 
 is  no   entrance   but   visitors   are 
 expected to help with  maintenance. food 
 and  drink is  shared.  many  bands  are 
 playing over the four  day course of the 
 festival, and the stage is open  between 
 scheduled   concerts.   jupiter equinox, 
 while  an unknown act, has a prestigious 
 timeslot at eight  in the evening on the 
 third  day,  which  is  friday.       
                                          
 eight  is  also when the  plane  used to 
 spread   the  aerosol   lifts  off.   it 
 arrives  at the festival about a quarter 
 past,  sound  masked  by  the   concert. 
 around    when   the   first   wave   of 
 selatenine   must   have   reached   the 
 audience,  the song comes to a tense but 
 quiet  movement,  and  the  lead  singer 
 walks   to  the   front  of  the  stage. 
                                          
 she says,  with  a crystalline voice: "i 
 have  something to tell  you. i am not a 
 human being.  i am not  an  animal or  a 
 plant.  i  have been sent  to deliver  a 
 message  to you. a message  of hope. you 
 are not  alone. there are  other  beings 
 in  the  universe.  there  is  life  out 
 there,  life  that  is  reaching  out  a 
 hand. and it's time to take  that  hand. 
 to reach out toward  that hand and  grab 
 it it. it is time to come home. you  are 
 going  home.   you   are  going   home." 
                                          
 the  singer  stands  there   for  a  few 
 moments, her  hand  raised in  the  air, 
 before the rest  of the  band  kicks  in 
 and  the  music builds to  a  crescendo. 
 the  crowd erupts.  and  then  something 
 else  erupts  as  well.  a  concert-goer 
 describes  it:   "suddenly,   the  music 
 seams  broader,  more  colorful.  i  can 
 somehow see it, and i  feel  the  others 
 seeing  it,  and i  see it through their 
 eyes  as  well.  meanwhile  i'm dancing, 
 and i  can  feel my  body  as i've never 
 done before, i  am aware  of  each  cell 
 and  each  molecule,  all  vibrating  in 
 unison.  and   it's  all  going  faster, 
 building up to  something,  waking  up." 
                                          
 people  start  forming  circles, holding 
 hands  and  dancing.  some  are  crying. 
 some are laughing. some  are  screaming. 
                                          
 and  then  -  a flutter  - and something 
 gives.   a   shockwave    of   reversing 
 polarity   in  the   ether,   and   like 
 butterflies  getting hit  by  a burst of 
 wind, the third eye  opens  for everyone 
 in the audience.  and it becomes a chain 
 reaction,  quickly spreading  across the 
 festival area. within seconds  there  is 
 a  global   blackout.   festival   goers 
 regain  their  memories  around  a  week 
 later,  those  in  the  nearby  town  of 
 black tickle  after   a   few  days,  in 
 montreal for the  evening, the  rest  of 
 america  maybe  an  hour.           
                                          
 and   thus,   the  population  of  earth 
 has  kind  of  left  it's  materialistic 
 baseline,   only   that   most  do   not 
 remember                             it. 
                                          
                                          
  
  * there's an interesting aspect to  
   the  "jupiter equinox"  act.  it   
   seems  there  was   never   any    
  jupiter equinox concerts before or  
  after the one in black tickle. the  
  lead  singer  (also  colloquially   
  referred  to as jupiter) seemed to  
  immediately disappear (for a  long  
  while she was thought to have been  
  a cia  agent, but  a  later  foia   
  release refuted this). for obvious  
  reasons, many were looking for any  
   trace  of  the  band,  but  none   
   were fruitful.                     
                                      
  recently, however,  some attention  
  has been drawn to juniper helding,  
  a sixteen year old pop singer from  
   england who has a very  striking   
   similarity...